Something is Stirring...

Something is stirring

Reading the book of Luke over and over again, preparing to go through it for our Sunday gatherings starting at the end of 2008. I’m reading it out loud as I walk. Stuff jumps out.

Sometimes it makes sense.

Sometimes it doesn’t.

Sometimes Jesus lays back.

Sometimes he picks a fight.

When you read it out loud, you can’t escape or gloss over it just to get through it. You get surprised all the time. It forces you to climb inside the story.

Like Luke 5.15-16 Jesus is gaining popularity - word is out about this amazing prophet talking about a kingdom. Then Jesus does what we don’t expect him to do and Luke points it out vividly for us: “But Jesus often withdrew to the wilderness for prayer.”

And I’m thinking it may be time to withdraw – for me personally and for our church. Not away in isolation but in greater connection and relationship to God to seek him and to discover more fully his kingdom.

Also reading This Beautiful Mess by McKinley. Confirming some of the thoughts and direction I’ve been pondering.

Stay tuned